Bab 9: Plotted for Destruction
Kirche spots the clothes and grins, "Are those Zero's clothes? They must be, who else on this floor is as small as she is?..." she looks him up and down, "Aside from maybe you, of course." she adds, mocking his 5.2 ft height.
Michael shakes his head and quickly makes his way past her, not wanting to get into a situation where Louise could place the blame on him... He'd seen far too much of Saito getting into a misunderstanding and getting blown to kingdom come to be unaware of it. "Sorry! Thank you!" he says as he departs, causing the girl to giggle at his antics.
He makes is way down the tower, cursing the fact that Louse's room is one of the highest in the school... Perhaps she was trying to make up for her personal lack of height? He chuckles to himself as he wanders into the dark courtyard of the school, unable to stop himself occasionally glancing up at the two moons overhead.
One was blue, and was twice the size of the other which was a pink colour almost mirroring Louise's own hair... Michael wondered if they had any significance, as Saito was usually depicted wearing a blue jacket that would've matched the other moon perfectly as well.
He shakes his head and continues looking around the place, trying to find where the servants lived so he could pawn off the cleaning onto them... And hopefully meet Siesta while he was at it.
After around an hour of looking and getting lost, he eventually found a door in the wall leading to the kitchen and the rest of the staff residences. He walks inside and spots a few people still awake, some cleaning pots while others were playing cards, using this free time to relax.
One of the maids glance over and spot him observing them, "Ah! It's you! That dead guy!" she exclaims, drawing everyone's attention towards him.
Michael quickly became embarrassed after becoming the center of attention and wasn't even able to say anything as the maid approached him, "Seriously, you looked like a corpse when Miss Valliere summoned you... At least they went to the effort of healing you after hurting you in the first place."
Another maid scoffs, "Yeah, but it was probably just to save face for her failure. I mean, just look at what happened yesterday." she says causing everyone else to frown.
Michael crooks a brow, "What happened yesterday?"
The maid gives a solemn sigh, "Siesta, she ended up accidentally offended Mr Gramont..."
"Yeah, something about her revealing his relations to a 1st year to his girlfriend. I was watching, it wasn't even her fault!" another chimes in.
"Wait, so in the end, what happened to Siesta?" Michael presses, getting a bad feeling about this whole situation.
The maid next to him grits her teeth in indignation, "For offending the son of an Earl, Siesta received 50 lashes of the whip, and was expelled from the academy without pay..."
...
Michael felt like the sky was about to crash atop him, Siesta was kicked out? One of the central characters of the anime was immediately eliminated without him being able to do anything about it... This did save her from Count Mott's clutches, the man basically forcing her to become his mistress, but it also prevent him from using her to advance the plot...
Not to mention the fact that Guiche had gotten an innocent person whipped and fired as punishment for accidentally revealing his own infidelity... What an absolute cunt!
He rubs his face in exasperation, feeling like giving up here and now before he remembers why he'd actually come here. "Erm, could any of you help me with these?" he presents Louise' clothing, "I don't have much experience hand washing things, in my country we usually use machines for that sort of thing." he explains.
The maids give him an odd look but the nearest to him breathes a sigh and tosses her playing cards back to the table, "I'll show you once, but from then on you're on your own... We have enough work on our plates as it is." she says while gesturing for him to follow.
"Wouldn't you need to clean these clothes anyway? I doubt my 'master' had been without assistance since I got here... Ah, my name is Michael by the way."
"Fay. And yeah, we would, but since it's your job now I'm not going to do your work for you. Got it?"
She leads him to a well and gets some equipment out of it, along with some scents for after the cleaning, and some chemicals used to properly rinse all the dirt out. She then shows him how to use the washing board and not tear the clothes while he was at it...
By the end his hands were red raw, chemicals combined with the rough conditions making Fay laugh at his plight... He was like a fish out of water, and obviously couldn't wash clothes to save his life... But at least he managed to finish it.
"That should do it... It's annoying work, I know. But I'll tell you something that'll annoy you as much as it does us... The nobles can cast one spell and completely clean their clothes, making all this effort unnecessary... If they could just be bothered to take care of themselves." she shrugs her shoulders, "Whatever, I'm headed back to the kitchen, take those back to your 'master' after putting this stuff away." she gestures as the wooden bucket they'd been using.
He nods and watches her leave, wondering how long he'd be forced to wash Louise's clothing before he was able to show his worth... He'd only done it once and knew he didn't want to do it again, the chemicals making his skin itch incessantly.
He'd try his luck tomorrow by goading Guiche to see if he'd be able to improve his rather shit situation... On the bright side, at least he hadn't been 'exploded' by Louise yet... Right?
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Bab 10: Golden Finger
Michael makes his way back to Louise's room and sets her clothes down on the side while sitting on the haystack that's supposed to serve as his bed... He curls up into a ball to conserve his warmth as Louise hadn't deigned to give him a blanket or anything, leaving him in only the thin rags he'd been given... Considering medieval towers didn't come with insulation or heating, it was very cold... Though, Michael could feel the ambient warmth emitted from Louise's bed, most liking having been enchanted somehow.
He rests his back against the cold wall and sighs, thinking about what his family, specifically his sister, would be doing right now... He was sure she'd survived the 'truck of death', but wasn't sure how she'd react to losing him...
Thinking about it further though, wouldn't he be able to go back to Earth if he had Louise open a portal there? Void Mages could open doors to other worlds, so, didn't that mean he'd be able to go back?...
Though... Judging by how he'd somehow ended up in the green orb where Saito should have been, who's to say that the Earth he'd return to was even his original one? It was very likely that the world he'd return to would be Saito's fictional one, and not his own.
He lets out another sigh and stands, not feeling tired yet as he'd already slept most of yesterday... He stands and glances around, looking for something interested to alleviate his boredom, when he finally notices a black book... Specifically, the one that Colbert at left at his bedside...
He picks it up from the table and crooks a brow at its title... Book of Commoners... It was written in gold so he thought that it'd be more impressive, but apparently not... He wasn't even sure what a Book of 'Commoners' would actually be... Maybe a list of commoner professions? People? Ways to avoid them?.. Yeah, that seemed like something these nobles would do.
Shaking his head, he sits back at his haystack and flips it open, but squints his eyes as a flash of light illuminates the room... It quickly clears though, leaving Michael unharmed, if somewhat dazed.
Once his vision clears however, he's confused by the contents of the book.
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Name : Michael Hunt
Rank : Common
Stats :
Strength : 5
Agility : 7
Intelligence : 8
Abilities :
[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them to knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.
[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.
Spirits :
N/A : +
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"What is this?" Michael mutters, wondering what, or why all of this was written down... Was this supposed to be his gold finger? His cheat?... It was a bit underwhelming to be honest... If all it did was display how crappy status, then he might as well not even have it...
He could already tell that the average stats for an adult would be a clean 10 across the board... His 5 makes him incredibly weak, even for his age... His intelligence however, is probably above average? He hoped at least. One thing that stuck in his mind is how the stats were divided though, most games would grant more specific ones like Perception, Luck, etc... But he was stuck here with three basic ones... Did he have to unlock them maybe?
What did his rank mean though? Common? Was it making fun of him and his current status as a commoner?
He scans the book over three times, but doesn't achieve any 'great enlightenment'... The 'Spirits' section was confusing him far more than his rank anyway... He stares at the section for a minute or so until he realises that the plus sign next to the N/A was glowing faintly...
He holds his breath and presses it with his index finger, causing the book to abruptly levitate out of his hand and float in front of him, its pages rapidly flipping before it stops halfway through...
Common Tier :
Alchemist
Batrider
Beastmaster
Bounty Hunter
Britstleback
Clockwerk
Dark Willow
Gyrocopter
Hoodwink
Meepo
Ogre Magi
Pangolier
Riki
Shadow Shaman
Slark
Snapfire
Sniper
Techies
Tinker
Timbersaw
Troll Warlord
Tusk
...
...
"Holy shit... FUCK YE-eah..." he stops himself before he shouts and accidentally wakes up his 'master'... Still, his excitement remains though... These were all Dota 2 heroes! And judging by how they were arranged, he was allowed to pick one!
...
Still, looking over them, he couldn't help but notice how all the 'super powerful' ones were missing. This is probably what his rank was for. In-game you were able to pick heroes that ranged in power from random bar fighters, to gods who could wipe out universes with a flick of their finger... They had to be balanced for the game to function obviously, but he doubted such restrictions mattered here, especially considering how there were different tiers.
"Hah, take that Dad... That game will never help me in real life now, right!?" he mutters to himself, feeling quite vindicated and hopeful for his situation.
But this left him with some hard decisions to make... Which hero would he actually pick? He probably wouldn't be able to pick another anytime soon, so he'd have to make sure it was the right choice.
Fortunately, he could already separate a few options out from the list... Primarily, he'd remove the ones that were reliant on machines, devices, and other things that may or may not be usable without considerable effort... After all, if he had to build, brew, and craft things to be useful, he'd likely be a sitting duck whenever shit hit the fan.
Alchemist was actually two people combined, a Keen(Small, humanoid gnome-like people), and a Troll which the former rides the back of. Alchemists abilities were primarily comprised of explosive potions, acid sprays, and concoctions that'd send the troll into a frenzy thoroughly boosting its stats.
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